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MIQ No Longer Makes Sense

MIQ No Longer Makes Sense

The Government’s move to bring forward the reopening date to international tourists is overdue but welcome news, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop and Tourism spokesperson Todd McClay say. “It’s pretty simple – the risk isn’t at the border anymore and allowing fully-vaccinated travellers to

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Just Make a Decision, Prime Minister

Just Make a Decision, Prime Minister

David Seymour ACT Party Leader The Prime Minister is holding on to Covid-19 longer than the saga of whether Ross and Rachel were on a break. We know Jacinda Ardern loves standing at the podium and making announcements. We know she needs Covid-19 to keep voters in a

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Trans Activists vs J.K. Rowling

Rachael Wong mercatornet.com Rachael Wong is the CEO of Women’s Forum Australia and an Adjunct Lecturer in the School of Law at the University of Notre Dame Australia. She has a particular interest in the crossover between law, ethics, health care, human rights and women’s issues. In

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Read this if You Want to Submit a Guest Article

I will always acknowledge that I have received a submission but I do not have the time to tell writers if it has been selected or why it has not been selected. This is due to the volume of submissions received. However, if you become a regular guest writer and

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View from Your Window
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View from Your Window

**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell us about this photo? Yesterday’s photo was a view from Rakaia Gorge Road, Windwhistle. Please put View From My Window in the subject line. window@thebfd.co.nz

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Want a Free Taste of Silver Membership?

If you don’t have a Silver level membership yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles. Today is a FREE taste of an Insight Politics article by writer Chris Trotter. One Third Is Enough WITH 30 PERCENT of New Zealanders expressing support for their protest, the occupiers

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Wordle of the Day

Wordle of the Day

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Tools of Diplomacy

Tools of Diplomacy

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Churches Take On the Govt in Court

familyfirst.org.nz Last month Police and Defence Force personnel won a case against the Covid-19 vaccination mandate on religious grounds and the right to refuse medical treatment. Now it’s the turn of churches to challenge the Government’s harsh restrictions in the courts. 15 applicants (on behalf

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Not Good Enough, Mr Seymour

Not Good Enough, Mr Seymour

Capitalist Every week, as most of you are undoubtedly aware, the ACT party emails a newsletter called Free Press to numerous people. The one which sailed into my email inbox yesterday was intriguing for a couple of reasons. First, there was no mention of the widespread criticism of David Seymour

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Act in Haste Repent at Leisure

Matthew Hall Allan Brent Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Dr Matthew Hall is a Senior Researcher at the Environmental Law Initiative (ELI) and a Visiting Scholar in the Faculty of Law, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. Allan graduated from the University of Otago with Law and

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COVID Response Has Always Followed the Science

COVID Response Has Always Followed the Science

David Seymour ACT Party Leader Labour’s Covid-19 response has always followed the science – political science. Three days after a TVNZ poll found 75 per cent of voters believed we should open the borders to negative tested travellers immediately, Labour has brought its reopening date for visitors forward by

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No Filters. No Spin. Straight from the Horse’s Mouth

No Filters. No Spin. Straight from the Horse’s Mouth

One of the things that The BFD offers you that the MSM does not is unfiltered, unspun Political news straight from the horse’s mouth. 1. Political Party Press releases: The MSM re-write them and only publish the bits they want their audience to read. They filter the content

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